2021
Krause, D.J. and Hinke, J.T. 2021. Finally within reach: a drone census of an important, but practically inaccessible, Antarctic fur seal colony. Aquatic Mammals 47(4) 349-354. DOI 10.1578/AM.47.4.2021.349.
Krause, DJ, Hinke, JT, Goebel, ME, Perryman, WL, 2021. Drones minimize Antarctic predator responses relative to ground survey methods: an appeal for context in policy advice. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:648772. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.648772
Krause, D.J. and Hinke, J.T. 2021. Finally within reach: a drone census of an important, but practically inaccessible, Antarctic fur seal colony. Aquatic Mammals 47(4) 349-354. DOI 10.1578/AM.47.4.2021.349.
Kren, A. C., and R. A. Anthes, 2021: Estimating error variances of a microwave sensor and dropsondes aboard the Global Hawk in Hurricanes using the three-cornered hat method. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38, 197-208, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0044.1.
Wagner, M.A., Doe, R.K., Wang, C., Rasmussen, E., Coniglio, M.C., Elmore, K.L., Balling Jr, R.C. and Cerveny, R.S., 2021. High-resolution observations of microscale influences on a tornado track using Unpiloted Aerial Systems (UAS). Monthly Weather Review, 149(8), pp.2819-2834.
2020
Christopher M. Zarzar, Padmanava Dash, Jamie L. Dyer, Robert Moorhead, and Lee Hathcock, 2020. Development of a Simplified Radiometric Calibration Framework for Water-Based and Rapid Deployment Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) operations. Drones 2020, 4, 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones4020017
Cione, J.J., G. Bryan, R. Dobosy, J. Zhang, G. de Boer, A. Aksoy, J. Wadler, E. Kalina, B. Dahl, K. Ryan, J. Neuhaus, E. Dumas, F. Marks, A. Farber, T. Hock and X. Chen (2020): Eye of the storm: Observing hurricanes with a small unmanned aircraft system, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101, E186-E205, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0169.1
de Boer, G., C. Diehl, J. Jacob, A. Houston, S.W. Smith, P. Chilson, D.G. Schmale III, J. Intrieri, J. Pinto, J. Elston, D. Brus, O. Kemppinen, A. Clark, D. Lawrence, S.C.C. Bailey, M.P. Sama, A. Frazier, C. Crick, V. Natalie, E. Pillar-Little, P. Klein, S. Waugh, J.K. Lundquist, L. Barbieri, S.T. Kral, A.A. Jensen, C. Dixon, S. Borenstein, D. Hesselius, K. Human, P. Hall, B. Argrow, T. Thornberry, R. Wright and J.T. Kelly (2020): Development of community, capabilities and understanding through unmanned aircraft-based atmospheric research: The LAPSE-RATE campaign, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101, E684-E699, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0050.1
Harrison LR, Legleiter CJ, Overstreet BT, Bell TW, Hannon J., 2020: Assessing the potential for spectrally based remote sensing of salmon spawning locations. River Research and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3690.
Jamie Dyer, Robert Moorhead, and Lee Hathcock, 2020: Identification and Analysis of Microscale Hydrologic Flood Impacts Using Unmanned Aerial Systems. Remote Sensing 2020, 12(10), 1549; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101549
Guimond, S. R., P. D. Reasor, G. M. Heymsfield, and M. M. McLinden, 2020: The dynamics of vortex Rossby waves and secondary eyewall development in Hurricane Matthew (2016): New insights from Radar Measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 2349-2374, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0284.1.
Wick, G. A., and Coauthors, 2020: NOAA’s Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) Experiment: Observations and forecast impacts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101, E968-E987, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0257.1.
McFarquhar, G.M., E. Smith, E.A. Pillar-Little, K. Brewster, P.B. Chilson, T.R. Lee, S. Waugh, N. Yussouf, X. Wang, M. Xue, G. de Boer, J.A. Gibbs, C. Fiebrich, B. Baker, J. Brotzge, F. Carr, H. Christophersen, M. Fengler, P. Hall, T. Hock, A. Houston, R. Huck, J. Jacob, R. Palmer, P.K. Quinn, M. Wagner, Y. Zhang and D. Hawk (2020): Current and Future Uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for Improved Forecasts/Warnings and Scientific Studies, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., early online release, 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0015.1
McFarquhar, G.M., E. Smith, E.A. Pillar-Little, K. Brewster, P.B. Chilson, T.R. Lee, S. Waugh, N. Yussouf, X. Wang, M. Xue, G. de Boer, J.A. Gibbs, C. Fiebrich, B. Baker, J. Brotzge, F. Carr, H. Christophersen, M. Fengler, P. Hall, T. Hock, A. Houston, R. Huck, J. Jacob, R. Palmer, P.K. Quinn, M. Wagner, Y. Zhang and D. Hawk (2020): Workshop on Current and Future Uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for Improved Forecasts/Warnings and Scientific Studies, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101, E1322-E1328, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0015.1
Zhang, J. A., J. P. Dunion, and D. S. Nolan, 2020: In situ observations of the diurnal variation in the boundary layer of mature hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086206.
Zarzar, C.M., Dash, D., Dyer, J. L., Moorhead, R., and Hathcock, L., 2020: Development of a Simplified Radiometric Calibration Framework for Water-Based and Rapid Deployment Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations. Drones, 4, 17, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones4020017.
Submitted Publications (Pending Peer-review)
de Boer, G., S. Waugh, A. Erwin, S. Borenstein, C. Dixon, W. Shanti, A. Houston, B. Argrow: Measurements from mobile surface vehicles during LAPSE-RATE, Earth Sys. Sci. Data, submitted.
Brus, D, J. Gustafsson, O. Kemppinen, G. de Boer and A. Hirsikko: Properties of aerosol and gases in the vertical profile during LAPSE-RATE campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., submitted.
de Boer, G., A. Houston, J. Jacob, P.B. Chilson, S.W. Smith, B. Argrow, D. Lawrence, J. Elston, D. Brus, O. Kemppinen, P. Klein, J.K. Lundquist, S. Waugh, S.C.C. Bailey, A. Frazier, M.P. Sama, C. Crick, D. Schmale III, J. Pinto, E.A. Pillar-Little, V. Natalie, A. Jensen: Data Generated During the 2018 LAPSE-RATE Campaign: An Introduction and Overview, Earth Sys. Sci. Data, submitted.
2019
Buban, M. S., T. R. Lee, E. J. Dumas, C. B. Baker, and M. Heuer, 2019: Observations of the effects of a total solar eclipse on surface and atmospheric boundary layer evolution. Boundary-Layer MeteorologyBoundary-Layer Meteorology, 2019, 1-14, doi:10.1007/s10546-018-00421-4.
de Boer, G., B. Argrow, J. Cassano, J. Cione, E. Frew, D. Lawrence, G. Wick, and C. Wolff, 2019: Advancing unmanned aerial capabilities for atmospheric research. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, ES105 - ES108, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0254.1.
Lee, T. R, M. Buban, E. Dumas, and C. B. Baker, 2019a: On the use of rotary-wing aircraft to sample near-surface thermodynamic fields: results from recent field campaigns. Sensors, 19 (1), 10, doi:10.3390/s19010010.
Legleiter, C. J., and L. R. Harrison (2019), Remote Sensing of River Bathymetry: Evaluating a Range of Sensors, Platforms, and Algorithms on the Upper Sacramento River, California, USA, Water Resour. Res., 55(3), 2142-2169, doi:10.1029/2018wr023586.
Lee, T.R., Dumas. E., Buban, M.S., Baker, C.B., Neuhaus, J., Rogers, M., Chappelle, N., Marwine, C., Swanson, M., Amaral, C., Hall, P., 2019: Improved Sampling of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Results from the Avon Park Experiment, NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR ARL-279, https://doi.org/10.25923/a5kx-ap26
Roegner, GC, AM Coleman, AB Borde, JD Tagestad, R Erdt, J Aga, SA Zimmerman, C Cole. 2019. Quantifying Restoration of Juvenile Salmon Habitat with Hyperspectral Imaging from an Unmanned Aircraft System. Report of research from Northwest Fisheries Science Center to Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23907.30246
2018
Angliss, R. P., Ferguson, M., Hall, P. G., Helker, V. T., Kennedy, A., & Sformo, T., 2018: Comparing manned to unmanned aerial surveys for cetacean monitoring in the Arctic: Methods and operational results. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, doi:10.1139/juvs-2018-0001
Christophersen, H., A. Aksoy, J. Dunion, and S. Aberson, 2018: Composite Impact of Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Dropwindsondes on Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 2297-2314, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0304.1.
de Boer, G., B. Argrow, J. Cassano, J. Cione, E. Frew, D. Lawrence, G. Wick and C. Wolff (2018): Advancing unmanned aerial capabilities for atmospheric research, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, ES105-ES108, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0254.1
Dole, R. M., and Coauthors, 2018: Advancing Science and Services during the 2015-16 El Niño: The NOAA El Niño Rapid Response Field Campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 975-1001, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0219.1.
Dunion, J. P., G. A. Wick, P. G. Black, J. Walker, 2018: Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology: 2015-2016 Campaign Summary, Final Report. NOAA Tech Memo. OAR-UAS-001, 49 pp.
English, J. M., A. C. Kren, and T. R. Peevey, 2018: Improving winter storm forecasts with Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs). Part 2: Evaluating a satellite gap with idealized and targeted dropsondes. Earth Space Sci., 5, 176–196, doi:10.1002/2017EA000350.
Ferguson, MC, Angliss, RP, Kennedy, AS, Lynch, B, Willoughby, A, Helker, V, Brower, AA, and Clarke, JT. 2018: Performance of manned and unmanned aerial surveys for estimating arctic cetacean density and associated uncertainty. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems doi: 10.1139/juvs-2018-0002.
Kenul, P., J. Coffey, J. Walker, A. Roberts, and J. Huning, 2018: Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology: Cost Study of Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Operations for High Impact Weather Observations, Final Report , 2018: NOAA Tech Memo. OAR-UAS-003, 43 pp.
Koch, S. E., M. Fengler, P. B. Chilson, K. L. Elmore, B. Argrow, D. L. Andra, Jr., and T. Lindley, 2018: On the use of unmanned aircraft for sampling mesoscale phenomena in the pre-convective boundary layer. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 35, 2265–2288, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0101.1.
Kren, A. C., L. Cucurull, and H. Wang, 2018: Impact of UAS Global Hawk dropsonde data on tropical and extratropical cyclone forecasts in 2016. Wea. Forecasting, 33, 1121-1141, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-18-0029.1.
Lee, T. R., M. Buban, M. A. Palecki, R. D. Leeper, H. J.
Diamond, E. Dumas, T. P. Meyers, and C. B. Baker, 2018: Great American Eclipse
data may fine-tune weather forecasts. Eos, 99 (11), 19-22.
Peevey, T. R., J. M. English, L. Cucurull, H. Wang, and A. C. Kren, 2018: Improving winter storm forecasts with Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs): Part 1, An idealized case study of three US storms.Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1341-1366, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0160.1.
Wick, G., J. Dunion, and J. Walker, 2018: Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology: Impact Study of Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Observations for Hurricane Forecasting, Final Report, NOAA Tech Memo. OAR-UAS-002, 93 pp.
Wulfmeyer V., D. D. Turner, B. Baker, R. Banta, A. Behrendt, T. Bonin, W. A. Brewer, M. Buban, A. Choukulkar, E. Dumas, R. M. Hardesty, T. Heus, D. Lange, T. R. Lee, S. Metzendorf, T. Meyers, R. Newsom, M. Osman, S. Raasch, J. Santanello, C. Senff, F. Späth, T. Wagner, and T. Weckwerth, 2018: A new research approach for observing and characterizing land-atmosphere feedback, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0009.1.
2017
Christophersen, H., A. Aksoy, J. Dunion, and K. Sellwood, 2017: The Impact of NASA Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Dropwindsonde Observations on Tropical Cyclone Track, Intensity, and Structure: Case Studies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 1817-1830, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0332.1.
Dumas, E. J., T. R. Lee, M. Buban, and B. Baker, 2017: Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) measurements during the 2017 Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE), NOAA Tech. Memo. OAR ARL-274, 49 pp.
Krause DJ, Hinke JT, Perryman WL, Goebel ME, LeRoi DJ, 2017:An accurate and adaptable photogrammetric approach for estimating the mass and body condition of pinnipeds using an unmanned aerial system. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187465. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0187465
Lee, T. R., M. Buban, E. Dumas, and C. B. Baker, 2017: A new technique to estimate sensible heat fluxes around micrometeorological towers using small unmanned aircraft systems, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34:9, 2103-2112, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0065.1.
2016
Dumas, E. J., T. R. Lee, M. Buban, and B. Baker, 2016: Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) measurements during the 2016 Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE), NOAA Tech. Memo. OAR ARL-273, 37 pp.
Grand Bay NERR, 2016: The Way Forward: Unmanned Aerial Systems for the National Estuarine Research Reserves.
Marine Mammal Commission, 2016:Development and Use of UASs by the National Marine Fisheries Service for Surveying Marine Mammals. Marine Mammal Commission, Bethesda, MD.
Murphy, D.M., H. Telg, T.F. Eck, J. Rodriguez, S.E. Stalin, and T.S. Bates (2016), A miniature scanning sun photometer for vertical profiles and mobile platforms, Aerosol Science and Technology, 50:1, 11-16, DOI: 10/1080/027/86826.2015.1121200.
2015
Brooke, S., D. Graham, T. Jacobs, C. Littnan, M. Manuel, R. O'Conner, 2015: Testing marine conservation applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in a remote marine protected area. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3(4), 237-251.
Gao, R.S., H. Telg, R.J. McLaughlin, S.J. Ciciora, L.A. Watts, M.S. Richardson, J.P. Schwarz, A.E. Perring, T.D. Thornberry, A.W. Rollins, M.Z. Markovic, T.S. Bates, J.E. Johnson and D.W. Fahey, 2016: A light-weight, high-sensitivity particle spectrometer for PM2.5 aerosol measurements, Aerosol Science and Technology, 50:1, 88-99, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1131809.
Goebel, ME, Perryman, WL, Hinke, JT, Krause, DJ, Hann, N, Gardner, S, and LeRoi, D, 2015. A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators. Polar Biology. 38(5):619-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1625-4
Jacobs, T., Coffey, J., Walker, J., Operation Arctic Shield 2013-15, 2015: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Onboard USCGC (Icebreaker) HEALY: Operational Assessment of LASE/LALE Systems.
Jacobs, T., M. Jacobi, M. Rogers, J. Adams, J. Coffey, J.R. Walker, and B. Johnston, 2015: Testing and Evaluating Low Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Technology for Maritime Domain Awareness and Oil Spill Response in the Arctic. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(2), 145-150.
Moreland, E.E., M.F. Cameron, R.P. Angliss, and P.L. Boveng. 2015: Evaluation of a ship-based unoccupied aircraft system (UAS) for surveys of spotted and ribbon seals in the Bering Sea pack ice. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3(3): 114-122. https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2015-0012
Murphy, D.M., H. Telg, T.F. Eck, J. Rodriguez, S.E. Stalin, and T.S. Bates, 2016: A miniature scanning sun photometer for vertical profiles and mobile platforms, Aerosol Science and Technology, 50:1, 11-16, DOI: 10/1080/027/86826.2015.1121200.
Sweeney, K. L., V. T. Helker, W. L. Perryman, D. J. LeRoi, L. W. Fritz, T. S. Gelatt, and R. P. Angliss, 2016: Flying beneath the clouds at the edge of the world: Using a hexacopter to supplement abundance surveys of Steller sea lions (Flying beneath the clouds at the edge of the world: Using a hexacopter to supplement abundance surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in AlaskaFlying beneath the clouds at the edge of the world: Using a hexacopter to supplement abundance surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in AlaskaFlying beneath the clouds at the edge of the world: Using a hexacopter to supplement abundance surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska) in Alaska. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 4(1):70-81. https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2015-0010
2014
NOAA Marine and Arctic Monitoring Using UASs, 2014: Coffey, J.C., Hood, R.E., Jacobs, T., Hall, P., and Adler, J., AGU Meeting 18 December 2014, Abstract and Presentation, Airborne Systems in Support of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Session.
Intrieri, J. M., de Boer, G., Shupe, M. D., Spackman, J. R., Wang, J., Neiman, P. J., Wick, G. A., Hock, T. F., and Hood, R. E., 2014: Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3917-3926, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3917-2014.
Neiman, P., G. Wick, B. Moore, F. Ralph, J. Spackman, and B. Ward, 2014: An Airborne Study of an Atmospheric River over the Subtropical Pacific during WISPAR: Dropsonde Budget-Box Diagnostics and Precipitation Impacts in Hawaii. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 3199–3223, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00383.1.
2013
Bates, T.S., P.K. Quinn, J.E. Johnson, A. Corless, F.J. Brechtel, S.E. Stalin, C. Meinig, and J.F. Burkhart, 2013: Measurements of atmospheric aerosol vertical distributions above Svalbard, Norway using unmanned aerial systems (UAS), Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 2115-2120.
2012
Coffey, J. and T. Jacobs, 2012: Strategy for the Development of an Unmanned Aerial Systems Capability within the National Marine Sanctuary System, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
Thomas, R. M., K. Lehmann, H. Nguyen, D. L. Jackson, D. Wolfe, and V. Ramanathan, 2012: Measurement of turbulent water vapor fluxes using a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle system. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 243-257, doi:10.5194 / amt-5-243-2012.
Global Observing Network
A Global Profiling System for Improved Weather and Climate Prediction. Alexander E. MacDonald, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2005.
From the Archive - The Global Hawk Tropical Tropopause Experiment (GHATTEX): Exploring the tropical tropopause region of the Pacific Ocean with the Global Hawk UAV platform
For a description of Global Hawk and the GHATTEX proposal please see:
"Global Hawk - A New Tool for Airborne Remote Sensing" by Greg Loegering of Northrop Grumman Corporation, San Diego, California. As presented at AIAA's 1st Technical Conference and Workshop on Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles, May 20 - 23, 2002, Portsmouth, Virginia.
See: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Publications and Papers: AIAA 2002-3458 at www.aiaa.org
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Altair Unmanned Aircraft System Achieves Demonstration Goals
An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006, American Geophysical Union: David W. Fahey, James H. Churnside, James W. Elkins, Albin J. Gasiewski, Karen H. Rosenlof, Sara Summers, Michael Aslaksen, Todd A. Jacobs, Jon D. Sellars, Christopher D. Jennison, Lawrence C. Freudinger, and Michael Cooper, (2006), Altair Unmanned Aircraft System Achieves Demonstration Goals, EOS TRANS. AGU Vol. 87, No. 20, pp 197 & 201.
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